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“SINGING THE BLUES” NEW SINGLE BY CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS

Following on from my previous post about Cliff Richard and The Shadows current world tour, here I am continuing with my campaign to help take their new single to No.1 in the UK charts. Personally I think it would make the perfect Christmas No.1 – much better than “Mistletoe and Wine” because although that ballad had [...]

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CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS AT WEMBLEY LIVE REVIEW

My first job at EMI over 20 years ago was working as a PA to a bloke who has remained my friend over the years. As it happens, his father is Bruce Welch of The Shadows and this was the reason that I found myself standing in his dressing room last night before the [...]

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“HALLELUJAH” FOR CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE

When I worked in the music industry, pre “X Factor” days we used to have this intense build-up in the weeks leading up to Christmas with a number of different singles all jostling for pole position. Chart sales and radio play would have been building up for about 5 weeks beforehand. Today [...]

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